Dan is right on. I do the same but with Norton Ghost (I've used it since the DOS days).

Both Ghost and Acronis have good reputations.

I back up to two different external USB drives. One for daily incremental backups and the other for monthly complete images. I copy the original image to DVD and stash it away in a drawer.

BTW, my ThinkPads don't come with a recovery disk, but if you ask before the warranty is up, they will send you one -- or at least they used to. I don't ask anymore since I prefer the Ghost image.

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